Barrette.



A. BURKE.

BARRETTE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT 2a, 1908.

956,793. Patented May 3, 1910.

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ALFRED BURKE, OF LEOMINSTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

BARRETTE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 3, 1910.

Application filed September 23, 1908. Serial No, 454,328.

of the same.

This invention relates to toilet articles and particularly to hair ornaments and fasteners of the barrette type.

An object of this invention is to provide a body, a pin adjustable with relation to the bod and means for clam ing hair between tie pin and body whereby movement of the body with relation to the hair is obviated. That is to say, the device is provided with a seat of irregular contour into which the hair is pressed by the pin and, owing to the relation of the pin to the seat and the irregular contour of the walls of the seat and of the pin, the barrette is fastened in place by a clamping action as stated.

A further object of this invention is to provide a ton ue of sufiicient resiliency to permit its en being pressed into engagement with a retaining device after the pin has been pressed into the seat on the body of the barret-te.

\Vith the foregoing and other objects in view, the invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts to be hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings forming part of this speclfication wherein like characters denote corres 0nding parts in the several views, in whic i- Figure 1, is a view in elevation illustratlng the body of the barrette and in dotted lines the, pin applied thereto, the back of the body and end of the said 0pin'being shownas projected beyond the b Fig. 2, illustrates an edge view of the body with-the pin ap lied thereto; Fi 3, illustrates a view 0 the back of the ody with the pin omitted; Fig. 4, is a sectional view on the line AB of Fig. 2; and Fig. 5, is a detail view of the in. A

In these rawings C, denotes the body having ears D, D, thereon, between which the tongue E, is pivoted through "the medium of the pin F. As shown in Fig. 2, the body .the body of the pin and in are curved longitudinally and the one ace of the body is provided with ribs G, G, extending longitudinally of said body,

said ribs being separated and having their.

opposed faces recessed to form seats r the twisted portion H, of the in. The ribs are in such relation to each at er that a channel is formed between them and in addition to the channel the recesses form seats, as stated, in which the may lie.

The end of the body opposite the ears D, I), is provided with a pin-engaging lug I, which is curved to partially embrace the end of the pin, hence it follows that when the pin has been inserted in the hair of the' wearer and the body is swung on its pivot F, the hair is clamped between the body and the pm 13 then a plie to the curved lug'I, and the pin and dy are thus held in operative relation. The are of the circle of the pin is (greater than the arc of.

the circle of the b0 yl and, therefore, after as been seated in the space between the ribs, the pin will have to be sprung slightly to cause its end to engage the lug and this action is suflicient to cause the pin to remain in engagement with the said stud.

As the operation of the device has been described, it will be observed that the hair that lies between the inner surface of the twisted portions of the pin' in and as celluloid 0r kindred com ositions, the

body and ribs may be molde with the re cesses formed in the edges of the ribs. As,

shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 2, the body is preferably curved transversely also, a though this is an immaterial detail of construction. In mounting the pin, it will be desirable, of course, that the twisted portions thereof fit and aline with the recesses in the ribs, in order that the pin and body ma operate with a maximum efficiency.

'elaim 1. In a toilet article a body, ribs longitudinally disposedon the body and separated from each other, the said ribs having In a toilet article, a body, a twisted 10 their facing edges recessed, a twisted pin pin, means for holding the twisted pin in adapted to lie in the recesses of the ribs, and operative relation to the body, and recessed means for holding the pin in operative relaribs with which the pin coaets.

tion to the body and ribs. 1

2. In a toilet article, a body, a twisted pin, ALFRED BURKE means for holding the pin in operative rel a- \Vitnesses: tion to the body, and means on the body K. S. TAFT,

adapted to coact with the twisted pin. 0. A. TAFT.' 

